South Seattle

The South Seattle College Arboretum was established by the College and the SSCC Foundation
in 1978 in part as the result of a petition by the Landscape Horticulture Program students for an
arboretum to serve as their living laboratory. The 6-acre site is located at the north end of campus
on a bluff over looking the City of Seattle and Elliott Bay, bordered by the Seattle Chinese Garden.
As part of SSC Landscape Horticulture Program studies, students designed and built the Arboretum.
It is used as a laboratory for plant identification, arboriculture, irrigation, and landscape
maintenance and construction courses. The Arboretum is also used as an outdoor classroom by
professional horticulturists and hobby gardeners. Many of the plants on the Washington Certified
Nursery Professional exam can be found in the SSCC Arboretum.

This facility offers Landscape Horticulture students an opportunity to increase their plant knowledge
while gaining retail experience. The Garden Center carries a large variety of unusual perennials,
broadleaf and deciduous shrubs, some small trees, natives, and house plants. Garden workshops are
offered in the Spring.

Admission
Admission is free to Seattle residents, SCG members, and children under 5. Otherwise:
Adults $6, Seniors 62+ $5, Students $5. Please visit the Discovery Center to enter the
Garden and to pick up a self-guided tour pamphlet.

Under the guidance of the Seattle City Council and Seattle's Department of Parks and
Recreation, the Seattle Chinese Garden Society was founded to coordinate the development
of this garden. The Chinese Garden is located near the SSCC Arboretum and visitors are
welcome.

The Song Mei Pavilion, designed and fabricated in Seattle's sister city, Chongqing, China,
and assembled here by a team of Chinese artisans, is the first of many planned structures
in the six-acre garden. Visit the web site of the Seattle Chinese Garden Society to learn
more about the history of the garden and its design.

The bookstore carries required and recommended textbooks, as well as a wide
variety of other books, including children's books, books in Spanish, and an array of reference
books. In addition, the bookstore sells basic school and art supplies, greeting cards, stationery,
SSCC clothing, backpacks, candy, magazines, beauty aids, and educational-priced software.

Bernie's offers retail take-out items such as scrumptious cookies, cakes, pies, muffins, breads,
chocolates, and pastries that are created by the students in the Pastry Program. Grab a sweet snack
and coffee between classes or take something special home to loved ones. Wedding cakes and other
specialty items can be ordered. Beverages and a variety of muffins, croissants, donuts, and bagels
are available for take-out breakfast. Espresso and four flavors of cappuccino are also available.

While the events are open to the public, to participate in wine tasting you must be at least 21
years of age.

When the vintages are ready, the student winemakers, college staff, and community members are
invited for a complimentary taste of the results and to purchase the wines. Future release
dates will be posted on the web page.

Two or three times a year the Northwest Wine Academy holds barrel tastings that are open to the
public to preview the up-coming vintages offered by the Academy. Future barrel tasting events
will be posted on the web page.

This annual invitational event showcases the College’s Culinary, Wine Studies and Bachelor’s in
Hospitality programs. Wines, which are donations from regional vintners, are served during the
silent and live auctions, and are paired with menus prepared by celebrity chefs, presented and
poured by students in the Wine studies program. Proceeds from the event directly benefit students.

Taste the award-winning cuisine prepared by our culinary arts students in two dining rooms.

The
Alhadeff Grill provides upscale dining for visitors to the campus in a bright and airy
environment. A variety of starter and entrée courses provide numerous choices for a delicious
lunch in this remodeled facility.

The
Cafe Alki offers cold starter plates, soups, a club sandwich and a selection of a la
carte hot entrees at moderate prices.

The Food Court area offers a variety of options. Complete meals are available from the hot line.
The Grill area offers both breakfast and lunch items cooked to order. The Deli has sandwiches made
to order, along with a variety of specialty salads and food items. Many salad and sandwich items are
prepackaged and available for take-out.

The South Seattle College's Georgetown Campus is a premier training facility that
provides limited rental space for training and workforce development events for 25 to 100
people. Facility rentals may be arranged for the following purposes:

Apprenticeship Meetings

Board Meetings

Disaster Response Training

Lectures

Safety Training

Workshops

Room rates as well as parking and other associated fees can be found on the website.